Boiardo

[ boi-ahr-doh; Italian baw-yahr-daw ]

/ bɔɪˈɑr doʊ; Italian bɔˈyɑr dɔ /

Mat·te·o Ma·ri·a

[mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/,1434–94, Italian poet.

Example sentences from the Web for boiardo

To this class belong the fairies of Boiardo, Ariosto and Spenser.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 |Various
Love, as conceived by Boiardo, though a powerful and steadfast passion, is not spiritual.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds
At the time of Boiardo's death Ludovico Ariosto was a youth of twenty.

Studies in the Poetry of Italy |Oscar Kuhns
Boiardo's study of the classics had not roused him to the emulation of their decorative beauties.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds

Boiardo is not a great artist like Spenser: but he is a wizard, which is better.

Euphorion |Vernon Lee

Boiardo

/ (Italian boˈjardo) /

Matteo Maria (matˈtɛːo maˈria), conte de Scandiano 1434–94, Italian poet; author of the historical epic Orlando Innamorato (1487)